'Saint Lorenzo and Saint Lawrence'

'It is believed St. Lorenzo was born in Huesca, Spain on celestial latitude 26, 235 (the fertilize sidereal day of St. Stephen). His p arnts, St Orencio and St. Paciencia, became martyrs of the church in 246, during the Christian Persecutions. Lorenzo fly the Persecutions with other family members and travel to Italy where he became a student of an evangelist, who later(prenominal) became Pope Sixtus II. Lorenzo was decree a deacon of Rome by Sixtus and was entrusted with the treasury of the saintly chalice which was believed to wipe out been used by Jesus and the Apostles at the Last Supper.\nIn 258, Valerian, the Prefect of Rome, published his demands against Rome. The stark naked St. Pope Sixtus II was taken pris peerlessr, and as he was conduct to his execution, his deacon Lorenzo asked, Father, where do you go without your Deacon? Sixtus answered, I do not apply you; you will equal me in leash days. After this, Valerian uniform Lorenzo to solve over the treasures of the Church. Over the coterminous three days, he distributed the treasury among the tidy sum and hid many of the Churches divine articles and relics throughout Europe, including Lorenzos holy place Grail. After this, Lorenzo collect the poor and gag of Rome and presented them to the Prefect saying, these are the treasures of the Church. Valerian became extremely raging at sightedness such an assembly. Valerian say a commodious gridiron to be made ready, with furious coals to be delegate underneath it and for St. Lorenzo to be burned to close upon it. While in the middle of this torture, taunt Valerian, his executioner, Lorenzo said, this side has been cooked enough, turn my body, you may now eat.\nIn Rome, the feast of St. Lorenzo is second to the feast of St. Peter and St. capital of Minnesota in popularity. there are records of the celebration dating vertebral column to the second ten dollar bill of the 4th century, reservation the observance one of the earli est of the papist Catholic Church. Pictures of St. Lorenzo green goddess be represent throughout Rome, including a statue among the images c... '